Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2015

LOT 65

ROGER DUBUIS MINUTE BI-RETRO PERPETUAL CALENDAR, ENAMEL DIAL PINK GOLD Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genèvois, "Sympathie,", Bi-Retrograde Perpetual Calendar, No. 54. Made in a limited edition in circa 1998. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, astronomic, self-winding, 18K pink gold wristwatch with bi-retrograde, perpetual calendar and moon phases and an 18K pink gold Roger Dubuis deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box

Three -body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel, screwed white gold bars, sapphire crystals. White enamel with applied, faceted square pink gold indexes, sectors for the retrograde days of the week and the retrograde days of the month, subsidiary dials for the months, the leap year and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Pink gold faceted alpha hands. Cal. RD 5707, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring,